Weekly Update
General News
Okay ladies and gents, shameless plugging time:
The Winter 2010 issue of The Terrible Zodin is out now, featuring an actual article by me this time (instead of just art). "Theta Stigma" is a piece I came up with when I realized the angle from which I was approaching certain Classic characters, namely the ones that are either exceptionally popular or stigmatized: As a new fan, I'm meeting them with a lot of preconceptions and voices of the fandom in the back of my head. This article is basically the story of what happened next. The whole thing wound up being too long for one issue, so I split it in two: one for the Doctors (in this issue) and one for the companions (in the next issue).
The people I talk about (in case you were wondering):
Doctors:
Four
Six
Seven
Companions:
Ace (hands down the shortest piece, since she turned out to meet my expectations exactly)
Adric
Mel (I still need to see some of her serials before I can write this. I rather liked her in The One Doctor, though)
Peri
Sarah Jane
Speaking of Adric, the lovely elanorsmith and I were wondering if any of our fellow fans were interested in joining a little Christmas vignette-fic venture sometime this month (you might want to check with her for details, as this was her idea). Also on that note, I can plug one of her fics: Tanas, which I recommend for those looking for Team-Fivey-horror sustenance in-between updates of The Safe House.
Audio Dramas
Well, I've finally done it: I now have a functioning PayPal account set up, which means that I can finally buy Big Finish audios whenever I want (instead of waiting until I was home so I could ask mom to do it through her credit card and then take the payment from my own account). Truly a glorious occasion :D So with that, I picked up a couple more audios that I found up for $5: Phantasmagoria (FIVE AND TURLOUGH FIVE AND TURLOUGH FIVE AND TURLOUGH) and Project: Twilight. I discovered later that Project: Lazarus and Arrangements for War are also on the page for Big Finish For a Fiver, so I'll have to go back and get those later. I actually haven't made that much progress in Davros, but I love the depth and backstory he's been getting (very much in the same vein as Omega before him). The thing that intrigues me most is this woman Shan he keeps talking about, whom I'd assumed at first was a romantic interest or at least a lady-friend, but it turns out they might have a more professional relationship concerning the creation of the Daleks (which reminds me, hearing Davros talking about childbirth is a very strange experience indeed).
Also, now Davros has Six getting him tea.
Upcoming Commentaries
The Smugglers and The Tenth Planet up next as expected. Now, there's also going to be a smattering of Six in the coming month or so since I'm planning to do Trial of a Time Lord over Winter Break. So we'll have our black-and-white occasionally interrupted with more color than we'll ever need. Say, I wonder if Six would be willing to lend some to Two...
Okay ladies and gents, shameless plugging time:
The Winter 2010 issue of The Terrible Zodin is out now, featuring an actual article by me this time (instead of just art). "Theta Stigma" is a piece I came up with when I realized the angle from which I was approaching certain Classic characters, namely the ones that are either exceptionally popular or stigmatized: As a new fan, I'm meeting them with a lot of preconceptions and voices of the fandom in the back of my head. This article is basically the story of what happened next. The whole thing wound up being too long for one issue, so I split it in two: one for the Doctors (in this issue) and one for the companions (in the next issue).
The people I talk about (in case you were wondering):
Doctors:
Four
Six
Seven
Companions:
Ace (hands down the shortest piece, since she turned out to meet my expectations exactly)
Adric
Mel (I still need to see some of her serials before I can write this. I rather liked her in The One Doctor, though)
Peri
Sarah Jane
Speaking of Adric, the lovely elanorsmith and I were wondering if any of our fellow fans were interested in joining a little Christmas vignette-fic venture sometime this month (you might want to check with her for details, as this was her idea). Also on that note, I can plug one of her fics: Tanas, which I recommend for those looking for Team-Fivey-horror sustenance in-between updates of The Safe House.
Audio Dramas
Well, I've finally done it: I now have a functioning PayPal account set up, which means that I can finally buy Big Finish audios whenever I want (instead of waiting until I was home so I could ask mom to do it through her credit card and then take the payment from my own account). Truly a glorious occasion :D So with that, I picked up a couple more audios that I found up for $5: Phantasmagoria (FIVE AND TURLOUGH FIVE AND TURLOUGH FIVE AND TURLOUGH) and Project: Twilight. I discovered later that Project: Lazarus and Arrangements for War are also on the page for Big Finish For a Fiver, so I'll have to go back and get those later. I actually haven't made that much progress in Davros, but I love the depth and backstory he's been getting (very much in the same vein as Omega before him). The thing that intrigues me most is this woman Shan he keeps talking about, whom I'd assumed at first was a romantic interest or at least a lady-friend, but it turns out they might have a more professional relationship concerning the creation of the Daleks (which reminds me, hearing Davros talking about childbirth is a very strange experience indeed).
Also, now Davros has Six getting him tea.
Upcoming Commentaries
The Smugglers and The Tenth Planet up next as expected. Now, there's also going to be a smattering of Six in the coming month or so since I'm planning to do Trial of a Time Lord over Winter Break. So we'll have our black-and-white occasionally interrupted with more color than we'll ever need. Say, I wonder if Six would be willing to lend some to Two...